Vos v. United Insurance
New York Supreme Court
This was an action on a policy of insurance on goods, on board of the American brig, the Columbia, from New York to Amsterdam, dated the 21st of June, 1798, at a premium of 17^ per cent. The cause was tried on the 26th of March, 1800, at the New York circuit; and a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court, on the following case, which it was agreed might he changed into a special verdict, by either party. The property was warranted American.
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This was an action on a policy of insurance on goods, on board of the American brig, the Columbia, from New York to Amsterdam, dated the 21st of June, 1798, at a premium of 17^ per cent. The cause was tried on the 26th of March, 1800, at the New York circuit; and a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court, on the following case, which it was agreed might he changed into a special verdict, by either party. The property was warranted American. It was also warranted that no loss should arise to the defendants by capture, seizure, or detention in the port of…
1Opinion of the CourtFadcliff, J.
This was the case of a policy on goods on board of the American brig, the Columbia, from New York to Amsterdam, with liberty to touch and trade at Hamburgh. The property was warranted to be American, or neutral. The vessel sailed from New York, and arrived at Cruxhaven, on her way to Hamburgh, and soon after sailed from thence for Amsterdam. She was captured, the day she sail-' ed, from Cruxhaven, by a British • sloop of war, carried to Yarmouth, and libelled in the English court of admiralty, and, with her cargo, was condemned for attempting to enter-a blockaded port. '
On the 21st of June,…
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